The Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2022, (Act 1080) has had its schedules changed by the government.
The modifications are consistent with the government’s plan to reintroduce tolls on select routes awaiting the completion of processes to determine the roads and highways that would be affected by the reinstatement of tolls.
To that aim, the Ministry of Finance has begun the procedures required to determine the toll foundation rates, while the Ministry of Roads and Highways examines them.
The Finance Ministry in a statement said, “we are by this letter sending the recommended rates for input by the Ministry of Roads and Highways to enable this Ministry to finalize the schedule of fees under the upcoming Legislative Instrument.”
The government will resume the collection of road tolls on selected roads across the country this year.
The reinstatement of the road toll was one of the revenue-generating ideas included in Finance Minister Ken Ofori-2023 Atta’s budget, which was presented to Parliament last November.
Tolls on public highways were discontinued in November 2021 as part of policy initiatives proposed by the government in the 2022 Budget, displacing numerous road toll collectors.
Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, agreed that the suspension of road toll collecting has impacted the government’s income generating.
He believes that the rushed decision taken in anticipation of the E-passing levies has now turned into a big issue, with the administration unable to cope with it.
